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Welcome to Walla Walla ...

Walla Walla is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walla Walla, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

When the people of Walla Walla refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Walla Wallan<2>

Walla Walla is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Walla Walla lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Walla Walla (for example, toward Sullivan (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Walla Walla: 217 & 447<4>

Communities Also Named Walla Walla ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Walla Walla - it's located in Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Walla Walla.

Communities near Walla Walla ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Walla Walla.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Walla Walla. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Walla Walla.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Walla Walla. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walla Walla.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Walla Walla. See our Newspapers Page for Walla Walla.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walla Walla ...

Looking for more information about Walla Walla? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Walla Walla, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Walla Walla.

Adding Walla Walla to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Walla Walla in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Walla Walla was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Walla Walla post office opened in 1889. The Walla Walla post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walla Walla.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Walla Walla refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Walla Walla may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walla Walla - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Walla Walla area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Walla Walla area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/